Sentence Fluency Phonics Strips

I am so excited to share a new resource with you! Phonics is such a huge part of first grade reading instruction. I use phonics strips to reinforce my phonics instruction and my students this past year did a great job of learning the phonics skills with the help of the phonics strips. I noticed that I needed a bridge from the phonics strips to reading fluently within text, so I created Sentence Fluency Phonics Strips!

These strips utilize our weekly phonics pattern AND first grade sight words! So not only will my students be working on the phonics pattern of the week, they will also practice their sight words and fluency at the same time. I believe this resource will be very helpful as a bridge from phonics to text reading.

I have included 24 different phonics skills (270 sentence phonics strips) including a kindergarten review ring (short vowel and kindergarten sight words). Blends, digraphs, long vowels, inflectional endings, variant vowels, and other phonics skills are included in the pack. I anticipate using the rings for guided reading groups, independent reading practice, timed fluency, and intervention. You can check them out here!

Magic E Wand Activity

For the past week my students have been learning the magic e phonics rule. This phonics skill is such a fun concept to teach and there are many interactive ways to reinforce it. I have created magic e wands with star sticks purchased from the local teacher store. Writing an "e" in the star creates an instant magic e wand. During guided reading time I reinforce the concept in small groups depending on the level of intervention and enrichment needed. The students create short vowel words and magically change them into long vowel words using their magic e wand. We talk about how "The magic e at the end of the word makes the vowel say its name." The students love this activity and it is so rewarding to see them read magic e words successfully in context after practicing with their wands.

Stay tuned for more interactive magic e activities!